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| The only gentleman in Hollywood. |
I think the only David Niven movie I saw was "Guns of Navarone", but he was a friend of Errol Flynn's, so here we go. His crisp way of speaking makes me think of Dana Carvey's impression of Cary Grant or Rex Harrison from "My Fair Lady," which, in all fairness, I fell asleep while watching six years ago. He also makes me think of Michael Caine's character from "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." Anyway, I love the quote from Niven when asked why he was so cheery all the time: "Well, old bean, life is really so bloody awful that I feel it's my absolute duty to be chirpy and try and make everybody else happy too." Actually, his voice makes me think of my old roommate from San Antonio doing a British voice.
The quote in my planner today is from Sydney J. Harris: "If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?" Harris was a writer for the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun Times. My favorite journalists growing up was Mike Royko, who also worked at those two newspapers. I find Harris' quote fitting for today as I felt like I was dealing with some poor human interactions throughout my time at work. Today several little, laughable things weren't going right. Yesterday I felt like I was having a tremendous day (not even sure why) and was full of energy. So I'm thankful Harris was in my notebook to remind me to relax and take things in stride.
Continued to make progress in the gym...grunting and growling helps when squatting near 300lbs.
Squat: 5x5x285
Bench: 5-220, 5-220, 5-220, 3-220, 4-220
Rows: 5x5x135
For my dinner, I was finally able to meet up with my neighbor who is here TDY. He teaches a course and gets to travel all over the world teaching it.
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| Two houses down and we meet 7,000 miles away. |
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| In 1993 I was in 6th grade. |
